Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-07-16
RAILROAD
The Omaha Il Sankton Line-IIlinois
Central Contracts Ret in the Little
sioux Valley.
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/ sioux alley.
OMAHA YANKroN. :
Omaha Herald, 10; Harvey n. Shep-
psrd. of Boston. Mass, has advised
parties in this city that he will visit
Omaha early next month to look after
the interests of the Omaha aud Ynnkton
railroad company, recently incorporated.
As soon as he arrives the necessary forms
will be gone through, and thenthe stock
of the company will be placed on the
market. Boston buyers will, probably,
purchase heavily, as Mr.. Sheppard ls
there we'll known as a man OF strict in
tegrity and ability.
Report has connected the surveying
parties of the Nebraska Central with q
project to run a line to Yankton. This
surveyors are taking q n~orthwesterly
route, but are not heading for Yankton.
Last Saturday n party pitched its
tent at Madison and began surveying
about three miles east uf the town.
They have now passed that point.
THE L CENTRAL.
Sioux City Journal, 10th: The con-
tracts for the grading and bridging on
the new Illinois Central extension from
Cherokee to Correctionville were let
yesterday afternoon at Cherokee. Har-
rington Bros of Dubuque and Salix,
get the twenty-three miles from Chero-
kee to Oorrectiohville, and Mitchell
Vincent, of Onaws, gets the thirty Blk
miles from Oorrectionvilie to OnaWa.
w. O. McNsmara OF this city, gets the
bridging on the entire line over q num-
Der of competitors. The line Is. fifty
nine, miles long, and the grading must be
done in sixty days. MIR. Vincent has an
advertisement in this issue for men
and teams to work on his contract,
which he will sub-let In short stations
He tell q Journal reporter that the first
twenty miles of his contract must be
ready for the non in thirty days, and
the remainder in sixty days. This will
make exceedingly lively work, but it
can be done easily if sufficient force is
put Oh. The work is heavy, being all
in the valley of the Little Sioux, and
there will be many heavy fills to make.
1t ID what railroad men term good work
as it is easy OF access and can be worked
to advantage. Dirt is aleady flying
and there will be no let up until the
line is completed and in running order
There were Ii number of railroad men
in the city last night who came up on
the evening train from Cherokee, and
the impression seemed to be that the
Milwaukee was pretty effectually shut
out by the prompt action of the Central
on the route which they both desired to
occupy. "When two men ride the
same horse; one must ride behind
said one of them, t'sud in this case the
Milwaukee is hehind."
Cherokee has been filled with railroad
men for q few days, and the assertion
was ventured last night that il every
railroad man in attendance at the letting
yesterday had been furnished with O
shovel they could have graded the line
in thirty days. Engineer II. A. Hill, OF
Sioux City. is in charge of the work, and
he has a force of nearly 100 men work.
ing under him.
The contract for the line from Chero-
kee to Sioux Falls was not let yesterday
as had been expected. The protiles are
not yet ready, and there
ara yet some arrangements to
make as to right-of-way. ETC., at Rock
Rapids and other points. AS soon as
the Central made q proposition to the
people of Rock Rapids to build il certain
land for rlght-of-wsy and depot sites
were given, the Chicago, Burlington
end Northern put q force OF men at work
on the desired territory with a view Of
holding it as against the new line. 1t il
expected that all these differences vii
be adjusted and the contract let on that
line next Thursday,